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PhiladelphiaBuilt on public City of Philadelphia recordsJuly 9, 2026

Who owns your block

5100 block of N 8th St

A mostly owner-occupied block: 82% of homes are lived in by their owners, with 9 open code violations and 4 homes behind $17,947 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 78% since 2016, now about $162K. Property taxes are climbing about 1% a year and the increases are speeding up.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$162K
$113K–$239K
ZIP median $171K
Price / sq ft
$134
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
0.7×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$990
typical · up to $2K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1935
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
82%
42 of 51
city 41%
Rentals
14%
7 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
9
L&I code
▼ block 4% · city 5%
Back taxes
$18K
4 of 51 behind
▼ block 8% · city 9%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-6%
value · tax −$149
5 years
+71%
value · tax +$262
10 years
+78%
value · tax +$132

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

The makeup of the block

Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Tax-abated
  • Bubble = lot size
  • → bigger interior  ·  ↑ higher value

Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $162K — about 0.7× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19120 median of $171K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19120 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19120Philadelphia
Median home value$162K$171K$223K
Owner-occupied71%48%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 84 reported crimes (34 violent) and 159 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
84
34 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
159
42 still open

Most reported crimes

Other Assaults21
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief10
Thefts9
All Other Offenses7
Aggravated Assault No Firearm6

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection34
Maintenance Complaint29
Abandoned Vehicle20
Construction Complaints15
Salting9
Other (Streets)6

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle
American Paradigm Charter School At Birney
High · 9-12
Olney High School
100 W Duncannon Ave · 1036 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$100K$200K$162K2016: $91K2017: $91K2018: $91K2019: $88K2020: $95K2021: $95K2022: $95K2023: $130K2024: $130K2025: $172K2026: $172K2027: $162K2016202020232027

▲ +78% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$1,000$2,000$9902016: $8552017: $8582018: $8552019: $7122020: $7282021: $7282022: $7282023: $7742024: $7742025: $1,1392026: $1,1392027: $9902016202020232027

▲ +16% since 2016 · ~+1%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has lagged the Philadelphia market, compounding +5.4% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510025020162019202220252027This block 178 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $178 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block trailed the market.

Annualized return
+5.4%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+78%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+5.4%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+2.4%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
-1.1 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 43 arm's-length sales since 1995. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 25 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$250K$500K19982004201020162022
43arm's-length sales since 1995
1times the typical home has sold
5most sales for a single property
25homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 51 parcels

Owner-occupied: 42Investor / LLC: 1Absentee individual: 8 51parcels
  • Owner-occupied 42
  • Investor / LLC 1
  • Absentee individual 8

Value distribution today

1 parcels3 parcels20 parcels3 parcels20 parcels0 parcels4 parcels
$113K$209K+

The block's largest owner, Fd Investments Llc, carries 1 open violation across 11 properties it owns around the city.

OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
Fd Investments Llc111$1.4Mphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 51 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$125K$250K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
5114 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a major alteration permit in 2008. Owner-occupied $180K 4/1 1,650 1935 0 tax lien
5116 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0 tax lien
5118 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $209K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5120 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5121 N 8TH ST L&I violation (2013). Owner-occupied $135K 3/1 1,008 1935 0
5122 N 8TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5123 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0
5124 N 8TH ST L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $171K —/— 1,470 1935 0
5125 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0
5126 N 8TH ST Traded 2×: $125K in 2023 → $245K in 2023 (+96%). Owner-occupied $239K 3/2 1,470 1935 2
5127 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0 tax lien
5128 N 8TH ST sold $57K (2003); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 1
5129 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0
5130 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5131 N 8TH ST Bought for $48K in 2017. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $135K 3/1 1,008 1935 1
5132 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2019. Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5133 N 8TH ST Bought for $62K in 2010. Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 1
5134 N 8TH ST Absentee individual $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0 rented
5135 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0 tax lien
5136 N 8TH ST Bought for $148K in 2021. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 1
5137 N 8TH ST Bought for $18K in 2015, roof covering replacement permit in 2019, sold for $197K in 2022 (+994%). Owner-occupied $176K 2/3 1,008 1935 3
5138 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $162K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5139 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0
5140 N 8TH ST Absentee individual $162K 3/1 1,470 1935 1 rentedtax lien
5141 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0
5142 N 8TH ST Traded 5×: $46K in 2005 → $255K in 2024 (+454%). Owner-occupied $239K 5/3 1,470 1935 5
5143 N 8TH ST Traded 2×: $53K in 2005 → $91K in 2008 (+73%). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 2
5144 N 8TH ST Bought for $58K in 2018. Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2009. Owner-occupied $162K 3/2 1,470 1935 2
5145 N 8TH ST L&I violation (2015). Investor / LLC $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0
5146 N 8TH ST L&I violation (2015). Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5147 N 8TH ST Bought for $17K in 2003. Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2025. Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,036 1935 1 rented
5148 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5149 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 0
5150 N 8TH ST built new under a 2018 permit. Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,470 1935 0 rented
5151 N 8TH ST Traded 2×: $63K in 2016 → $78K in 2024 (+23%). Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 2
5152 N 8TH ST sold $45K (2020); L&I violation (2024). Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 1 rented
5153 N 8TH ST Traded 3×: $10K in 2007 → $60K in 2016 (+500%). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 3
5154 N 8TH ST Bought for $160K in 2021. Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 1 2 viol
5155 N 8TH ST 3 L&I violations (2015); 7 L&I violations (2018); 7 L&I violations (2019); sold $78K (2019); L&I violation (2022). Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 1 rentedtax lien
5156 N 8TH ST Owner pulled a addition and/or alterations permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 0
5157 N 8TH ST sold $44K (2000); 2 L&I violations (2024). Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 1
5158 N 8TH ST L&I violation (2015); 7 L&I violations (2020); sold $10K (2022). Absentee individual $113K 3/1 1,470 1935 1 7 viol
5159 N 8TH ST sold $35K (2005); 2 L&I violations (2024). Absentee individual $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 1 rented
5160 N 8TH ST Bought for $38K in 2003. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 2
5161 N 8TH ST Bought for $35K in 1996. Owner pulled a alteration permit in 2011. Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 1
5162 N 8TH ST Bought for $49K in 2001, plumbing permit in 2017, sold for $165K in 2020 (+237%). Owner-occupied $223K 3/1 1,470 1935 3
5163 N 8TH ST Owner-occupied $142K 3/1 1,008 1935 1
5164 N 8TH ST Bought for $17K in 1995. Owner pulled a addition and/or alteration permit in 2020. Owner-occupied $171K 3/1 1,470 1935 1 tax lien
5165 N 8TH ST Traded 2×: $36K in 2003 → $74K in 2005 (+108%). Absentee individual $132K 3/1 1,008 1935 2
5166 N 8TH ST 2 L&I violations (2019); L&I violation (2021); L&I violation (2022). Owner-occupied $173K 3/1 1,470 1935 0 tax lien
5167 N 8TH ST Traded 2×: $22K in 2004 → $34K in 2004 (+53%). Owner-occupied $146K 3/1 1,080 1935 2 tax lien

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-09 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

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